Head of Legal Affairs - Salary circa £40K (dependent on experience)
(Nottingham)

About APIL

In the past year, more than 700,000 people were injured through no fault of their own. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is a well-established, national, not-for-profit, organisation whose 5,000 members fight to ensure injured people receive full and fair redress for those, often life-changing, injuries. 

APIL is run by a committed team of professional staff at its Nottingham headquarters who undertake campaign work at the highest levels of Government and in the press, and provide information and training to help ensure its members offer the highest standards of ethical legal advice.  If you have the commitment and enthusiasm to help fight for the rights of injured people, this vacancy will appeal to you.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and forward thinking Head of Legal Affairs. This is a senior management role within our organisation and we are looking to recruit a dynamic and talented individual to help shape the direction of APIL’s future legal policy in conjunction with the APIL Executive Committee and to develop our research and legal information services to reflect the changing needs of our membership. The successful candidate will be a legal practitioner with significant post qualification experience.  We are looking for a lateral thinker, with a strong and collaborative leadership style.  To ensure the reputation of the association is upheld, the successful candidate will have well developed interpersonal skills  to actively engage with our members and all external agencies.  Educated to degree level, you will have knowledge of a wide range of research methods and a proven interest in personal injury law and associated consumer matters.  The formulation of responses to consultations from the Government and opinion formers is a key part of this role.  An excellent communicator, you will be a strong team player and, above all, relish an intellectual challenge.  

For a job description and person specification contact Ted Parsons, APIL, 11 Castle Quay, Nottingham NG7 1FW, tel: 0115 958 0585 or email: ted.parsons@apil.com.

The closing date for applications is 17th December 2007.  First interviews will take place in the week commencing 7th January 2008.

APIL promotes diversity in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.